THE SPECTRUM GAMES DATABASE

ACTION BIKER - CLUMSY COLIN

PUBLISHER
Mastertronic

AUTHOR


YEAR
1985

DESCRIPTION
A truly dreadful maze game with boring gameplay, flickering
graphics and a need for irritatingly precise movements.

CONTROLS
A: up, Z: down, N: left, M: right, SPACE: enter/leave a house
Kempston, Sinclar, Fuller and cursor joysticks supported.

INSTRUCTIONS

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ACTION BIKER
The Aim of the Game

Clumsy Colin must find his friend Marti and take him to the
spaceport - this is not as easy as it sounds!

Items to help him find Marti are hidden in the houses of which
there are 150 BUT only 50 actually hold the items he needs. He
cannot enter some of the houses because there is no-one in. The
alarm is set to go off at 8 'o' clock and wake him up, he will
also wake up if he bumps into any of the vehicles such as the
police cars and other bikers.

His fuel is limited but he can gain energy by eating skips or by
refuelling at a garage.

Some of Clumsy Colin's friends will try and tempt him to stay for
tea and slow him down.

Keep an eye on the text window which will tell you what is
happening.

Good luck and don't delay!

BIKE CONTROLS:
Joystick:                      Up
2 - Kempston                   |
3 - Sinclair.          Left ---+--- Right
4 - fuller.                    |
5 - Cursor.                   Down

Keyboard:
A      - Up.
Z      - Down.
N      - Left.
M      - Right.
SPACE  - Enter or leave a house.

CHEATS

SEQUELS/PREQUELS
None.

SCORES RECEIVED
Your Spectrum (issue 19, October 1985, page 44): 3/10
"On-screen graphics are pretty jerky and the scrolling leaves a
lot to be desired.  Not one that I could recommend."

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GENERAL FACTS

NOTES
The game appeared to have been sponsored by KP Skips (potato
crisps), their logo appearing on the cover and the loading screen
as well as appearing in the game. Most people would think it an
own goal to be associated with a game as bad as Action Biker.